I am still alive then. That may come in useful.
SAMUEL BECKETTNothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it’s the most comical thing in the world.
More Samuel Beckett Quotes
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Life is habit. Or rather life is a succession of habits.
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Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
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The creation of the world did not take place once and for all time, but takes place every day.
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If there is one question I dread, to which I have never been able to invent a satisfactory reply, it is the question what am I doing.
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All has not been said and never will be.
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With all this darkness round me I feel less alone.
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Sometimes I wonder if I’m in my right mind. Then it passes off and I’m as intelligent as ever.
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It was long since I had longed for anything and the effect on me was horrible.
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Don’t look for meaning in the words. Listen to the silences.
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For in me there have always been two fools, among others, one asking nothing better than to stay where he is and the other imagining that life might be slightly less horrible a little further on.
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We have time to grow old. The air is full of our cries. But habit is a great deadener.
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If you don’t know where you are currently standing, you’re dead.
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To restore silence is the role of objects.
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Words and images run riot in my head, pursuing, flying, clashing, merging, endlessly. But beyond this tumult there is a great calm, and a great indifference, never really to be troubled by anything again.
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Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
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